Rhule claims he couldn't accept the Jets' vacant head coaching job because they wouldn't let him hire his own offensive coordinator, which was a major deal breaker for him.

"At the end of the day, I'm never going to be in an arranged marriage,” Rhule told KRZI-AM 1660 Waco on Thursday, via the NY Daily News. “I'm never going to subcontract jobs to the offense and defense. I always want to hire people that believe in what I believe, that are going to do things our way, that are going to believe in process, that are going to be part of a program. I truly believe that programs win."

Rhule's only NFL experience came as an assistant for the Giants in 2012. He's coached in college at Albright, Buffalo, UCLA, Western Carolina, Temple and Baylor, where he's been since 2017.